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Thinking through Longboat’s election
In real democracy, 45% of the board would represent the minority, meaning three out of seven commissioners. Because everyone votes for everyone on Longboat Key and we are running now as slates, we are going to see more and more one-dimensional Commissions excited that “they will now get things done.”
Election, again
We seem to have entered that familiar dichotomy, dividing into Community vs. its Country Club.
Longboat Election 2013: Profile on Mayor Jim Brown
The key is aging rapidly and you cannot ignore that, and one of the main problems is getting people to recognize it; and this commission is trying to solve that. There’s a problem with getting people to recognize that the key needs to be kept up. Most of the key was built before 1980, and the Comprehensive Plan was written in 1984, which means as soon as the plan was written, most of the buildings were immediately not up to code. We need to recognize that and make them better,”
The P&Z Board, the Longboat Commission and the Real World
The current varsity got you to the toilet bowl, Longboat Key should be in the Super Bowl.
Candidate enters Town election for Gans’ seat
Resident Larry Grossman has finished the qualification process and will be running against Mayor Jim Brown for the District 4 seat, and Longboat resident Irwin Pastor has completed the third phase in the qualifying process and is anticipated to qualify by deadline Monday.
Election — the not so big one
As the coming months unfold and the budget process evolves there may be one or more referendum questions to appear before the voters. This possibility of more debate is even better.
Longboat Key Letters – June 2012
Updated June 30, 2012. When I was on the commission, I tried to persuade the commission to get various department heads out of their gas-guzzling SUVs, and into more appropriate automobiles. Unfortunately, there was little appetite on that commission to oppose the town manager. The excuse used by the town manager was his need to have an SUV in case of a storm. That has occurred on average once every five years so far.
Enough is enough
Why is Eatrides being continually granted specific and unusual access to town government on all levels?
Town faulted for ‘CVS Rising’
Mayor Brown asks for residents’ to allow the plantings and vegetative buffer to be completely installed before residents’ jump to conclusions.
